[MyAppleMenu] Mar 6, 2002

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=== top =============

All-In-One iMac Hard To Come By (Joe Wilcox and Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-853598.html>
The production problems have been caused in part by a shortage of 15-inch LCD flat panels, analysts and sources said.

iBook Computers Bring Learning Home (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/k12/imagine/moundspark/>
"Using the wireless iBooks have really changed the way everyone here thinks, as we're no longer confined to any one room or place."

Stop. Pay Toll. Download. (Damien Cave, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/06/mpeg/index.html>
Backers of a next-generation multimedia compression technology want to charge a controversial fee -- but instead their plan is fanning interest in free, open-source alternatives.

Apple: The Comeback Kid? (Stewart Alsop, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=206734>
Don't laugh (or worse, try to change the subject). Apple's new iMac may get businesses to buy its computers again.

=== news =============

iDraw Released For Mac OS X (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/06.idraw.php>
iDraw, an illustration and animation program for Mac OS X, is written in Cocoa and takes full advantage of the Quartz rendering engine.

Apple Gunning For Retail Surge In 2002 (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16652.html>
Apple has admitted that a prime goal of its retail stores is to draw attention to the Mac platform, rather than simply to generate profits.

Jobs To Deliver Tokyo Keynote (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4333>
The event takes place from March 21st to 23rd, and Apple won't be launching any new machines.

iPod PIM App Posted (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4332>
The organizer allows an iPod to store numbers, email addresses, flight numbers and appointment times.

The Sun Sets On Be Inc. (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/05.be.php>

An Apple Every Day (Computer Times Singapore)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/spot04.shtml>
When architect Karen Ho bought her latest Apple iBook recently, she was continuing a 20-year-old family tradition.

Low Profits Don't Faunt PC Firms (Sam Diaz, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/2792453.htm>
Computers provide chance to push more lucrative products.

=== opinions =============

Bring Back The Cube (Stephen Van Esch, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/scope/02/0306.html>

Cultlike Mac Followers Are Touchy Over Criticism (Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press)
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend5_20020305.htm>
What has most amazed me is the incredible fight-to-the-death loyalty my column's extremely mild criticism generated.

Macs And Businesses Just Don't Mix (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2002/nf2002036_9682.htm>
OS X has given Steve Jobs' quixotic corporate quest new vigor. Too bad the PC's cubicle dominance appears unshakable.

Where Have All The (Mac) Zealots Gone? (Vern Seward, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/03/06.1.shtml>
I know you're out there, you zealots of the Mac, you hardy band of warriors. I just want to say, "thank you."

The Changing Mac Community (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/05/mac_community.html>
Many didn't realize that Steve Jobs was about to change the entire community as we knew it, and all the prodigal sons and daughters who had to leave to explore other platforms were welcomed home again.

Face Off (Alfred Siew and Billy Teo, Computer Times Singapore)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/spot13.shtml>
In case you still don't know, PCs don't run on DOS anymore. They don't crash twice a day. And games are just awesome.

=== reviews =============

Hands On With The New iMac (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/06.imac.php>
The flat panel iMac is everything the Cube should have been -- and more.

Stitcher 3.1 (Ben Long, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/03/reviews/stitcher.html>
While it is not the fastest stitching program, its support for VR formats and unique interface make it an ideal tool for creating panoramic environments.

iPhoto 1.0 (Jason Snell, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/04/reviews/iphoto.html>
Easy-to-use photo utility still missing a few key features.

CorelDRAW 10: Great Vector Graphics At A Competitive Price (David Rosen, CanadaComputes.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,8204,00.html?tag=81&sb=129>
I'm happy to say that Corel's new CorelDRAW continues the MacDraw legacy of fast, easy-to-use vector-based graphics.

=== internet top news =============

Ten Things You Need To Know About Linking And Link Popularity (Eric Ward, SearchDay)
<http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/02/sd0305-linking.html>
When sites went belly up the porn sites re-registered the domains and captured the one remaining asset those sites had: link equity.

=== internet news =============

Micropayments Will Stay Microscopic (Eric W. Sarjeant, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16651.html>
To date, implementations of micropayments have been incomplete and most people have resorted to using credit cards to sign up for subscription-based services.

Conferences On The Web (Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/03/05/BU50640.DTL&type=tech>
Simple economics has driven many away from air travel.

=== wintel top news =============

DOJ: Microsoft Case Not Strong Enough (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9002077-0.html>
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday conceded that it settled with Microsoft in part because trustbusters failed to prove part of the basic theory of the antitrust case.

=== wintel news =============

FTC Gives HP-COmpaq The Go-Ahead (Ian Fried and Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-853709.html>
No conditions attached.

Microsoft And DoJ Pitch New Settlement (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2106047,00.html>
Lawyers for the two sides will try to convince the judge today that their revised settlement is in the public interest.

MSN Glitch Costs Microsoft Thousands (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-852583.html>
Microsoft has agreed to pay $100,000 in fines and offer refunds to Internet users in Southern California who had trouble canceling MSN accounts.

Microsoft Designing New Xbox Controller (James Stevenson, Cinescape)
<http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Toys+%26+Games&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270351&obj_id=33231>
Aha! Their original focus groups were wrong!

Low Profits Don't Faunt PC Firms (Sam Diaz, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/2792453.htm>
Computers provide chance to push more lucrative products.

=== linux news =============

Linux Start-Up Lays Off Employees (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-853434.html>
Mission Critical Linux, which once hoped to lead a second, more mature generation of Linux companies, was forced to lay off 90 percent of its staff after unsuccessful attempts to attract a buyer.

=== reader : world =============

Experiencing 9/11, From The Inside (Caryn James, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/arts/television/06JAME.html>
The two-hour documentary "9/11," to be broadcast on CBS on Sunday night, has such immediacy that it brings back how unimaginable the events of the day once seemed.

=== reader : tech =============

The New Craft Of Intelligence (Robert David Steele, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020311/viewpoint.html>
Making the most of open private sector knowledge.

=== reader : life =============

Gouda Man (Emily Green, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-030602gouda.story>
One of the best Dutch cheeses in the world is made in Riverside County.

At ABC, A Shaken News Dynasty (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44345-2002Mar5.html>
In just six days, one of television's most respected news divisions has been plunged into disarray.

A Story The Movies Can't Get Right (Stephen Kinzer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/movies/03KINZ.html>
It is apparently difficult to make good movies about foreign correspondents, especially war correspondents.

Toujours Alabama: A Chef Comes Home (R. W. Apple Jr., New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/dining/06HIGH.html>
Like Paul Bocuse and other French big-leaguers, Birmingham's Frank Stitt III has an undying passion for rustic, commonplace ingredients and for traditional techniques.

Hollywood Bound? Good Luck, Divas (Nick Madigan, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/movies/06DIVA.html>
As Mariah Carey's disastrous experience with "Glitter" proved last year, the road to Hollywood is littered with the carcasses of unwatched pop-star movies.

A Journey Of Countless Steps: Once A 'Lost Boy Of Sudan,' Santion Lual Is Standing Tall In Seattle (Paula Bock, Seattle Times)
<http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=plost03&date=20020303&query=santino+lual>
All told, you have walked 1,000 miles. Across the desert, twice. Barefoot.

The Re-vision Thing (Kathryn Hughes, The Observer)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/biography/story/0,6000,651297,00.html>
Why are contemporary biographers and historians so afraid of footnotes?

=== reader : expressions =============

The Little Whip (Joyce Carol Oates, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2062237&device=>

=== reader : eof =============

Slate Gets Duped (Jack Shafer, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2062867&device=>
This week's Diary by an "automotive CEO" proves to be a hoax.

=== singapore top news =============

Work On Circle Line Starts (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,106513,00.html?>
Construction of the $6.7-billion, 34-km underground line will take eight years and cut journey times.

=== singapore news =============

Film Spoofs Singapore Government And Obedient Citizens (Amy Tan, Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-93153.html>
In a tiny country with little overt dissent, the Singapore film "I Not Stupid" pulls no punches in poking fun at the paternalistic government and the silent masses.

Plugged In At The Airport (Alfred Siew, Computer Times Singapore)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/updt05.shtml>
More wireless hotspots for Changi.

Why Pay If Third Party Loses NRIC? (Lee Kwok Weng, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,106525,00.html?>
May I suggest SIR imposes a rule that when an IC is lost while in the possession of a security guard, his employer and/or the owners of the building pay the replacement fee.

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